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BOXIEST
Definition of BOXIEST
adjective
superlative form of boxy: most boxy
adjective
Box-shaped, boxlike, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right angles or at least blunt profiles).
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Word DNA
BOXIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, BOX.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOX · 14 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Middle Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOXIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOXIEST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEIOSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BOXIEST?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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